The FIRST Currently Honda Motor Co. has become one of the largest motorcycle manufacturers in the world. Perhaps also this time among us are use one of their products. But, do you know the first Honda motorcycle? How's the bike look and what engine that used by it. Let's find out.
1947 Honda A-Type as the first motorcycle model of Honda. (Picture from: MotorBicycling) |
Soichiro Honda (1906-1991) The founder of Honda Motor Co. (Picture from: NotableBiographies) |
The Honda A-Type is the first motorcycle made by the Japanese company in 1947 with the simple construction. By combining a conventional bike with 2-stroke engine as its powertrain. However, the engine used is the latest types in that time. So this is a brilliant breakthrough of Soichiro Honda as the founder Honda Motor Co.
In the first Honda motorcycle, they also patented the transmission mechanism using manually operated belt. Then a wide variety of new mechanisms that are displayed on this motorbike which aims to the A-Type has a characteristic as Honda's motorcycles. Less than one year after the first models were made, the motorcycle was sold en masse to the public.
Interestingly, the A-Type model is even appear before the Honda become into a company. Because Honda announced itself as a company on September 24, 1948, almost one year after the A-Type model appears.👺
Kept spur your adrenaline on the power of the two-wheeled monster and
stay alive with true safety riding. May God will forgive Your sins and
so does the cops...... *** [EKA [22032015] | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | NOTABLEBIOGRAPHIES | MOTORBICYCLING ]
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